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Game entry

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

2014 · Action-adventure, FPS, Strategy · PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One · Konami

After 329 duels settled by the community, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes stands no. 213 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,782 ELO points and 56% of wins. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is the rival it has faced most: 4 duels, 1 wins and 3 losses. Measured against its own family, it climbs to no. 5 out of 208 (2014).

World rank

no. 213

ELO score

1,782

Wins

56%

Duels played

329

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About Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. It offers players new sneaking and traversal methods compared to its predecessors, as well as the choice in what order the story events take place by selecting missions by advance. The most important change for this title is the shift to an open world design with a real-time day and night cycle doing away with the linear mission approach of previous games. The game was originally developed as a mission for The Phantom Pain, but an extended development time resulted in director Hideo Kojima splitting the specific portion of the game as a stand-alone product so that players could get early access to Metal Gear Solid V.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,782 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 210 Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon 1,784
  2. 211 Return of the Obra Dinn 1,784
  3. 212 Super Mario 64 1,782
  4. 213 Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes 1,782
  5. 214 The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds 1,782
  6. 215 Inscryption 1,782
  7. 216 Kirby's Adventure 1,782

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The standing

Where Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 5 out of 208 (2014).

Where Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 213 5,035
Action-adventure 31 329
2010s 83 2,050
2014 5 208

The community

The debate

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  1. edwardo_schulist

    Is it fair to judge Ground Zeroes on its own merits, or will it always be seen as just a prologue people paid full price for? I loved the mission design but I get why the length still bothers people years later.

    GhostKid27

    Replying to ComboLegend

    Le débat revient à chaque duel, mais au fond ce petit format a quand même son charme...

    GlitchBard3

    I replayed it right after finishing a long RPG and the contrast in pacing was honestly refreshing for once.

    CritRunner70

    Otro debate eterno sobre si vale la pena pagar por dos horas de sigilo perfecto, ¿alguien tiene una respuesta nueva esta vez?

    rossi_celina

    Replying to GlitchBard3

    Je crois comprendre ce contraste (moi c'était après un jeu de gestion interminable), ça m'a fait un bien fou de souffler un peu.

    xkshlerin

    I bought it the week it came out, blew through the main mission in an evening, and spent the rest of the weekend annoyed I'd paid full price for that.

    ComboLegend

    Le débat, encore et toujours.

  2. IronDragon41

    Rented it on a whim one weekend. Finished the main mission in one sitting, then just kept replaying the side ops for fun.

  3. SaveByte40

    Same argument every duel, same 53 percent (roughly), same shrug from me at this point.

    Kihn76

    But that one mission gave me more replay value than most full games I bought that year, easily.

  4. ArcadeLegend3

    It's short, everyone knows that by now. But the little sandbox it gives you to solve problems in is still cleverly built.

    IronWolf

    Ce petit bac à sable est justement ce qui justifie chaque centime dépensé, il mérite largement sa place au classement.

    LootSniper28

    Ce petit bac à sable, vraiment petit, mais pourquoi personne ne parle jamais de la richesse des approches possibles dedans ?

  5. LuckyLegend1984

    Picked this up during a slow week between jobs, didn't expect much honestly. Ended up replaying the main mission a couple times just to try different routes in.

    TurboPhoenix2006

    Ah oui, "juste par curiosité", comme tout le monde, et pourtant vous y êtes tous retournés plusieurs soirs de suite.

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